TED MERSİN COLLEGE / 9-C
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Ece Berra KANMAZ ‣
Transformation has always existed, but to better comprehend it, I will take you on a short journey to the very beginning of the relationship between humanity and science, and from there toward the future.
During the hunter-gatherer era, people explained natural phenomena through supernatural powers. Lightning was called the anger of gods, diseases a curse, and earthquakes divine punishment. Their communication skills were limited, and they lacked means. Humanity felt a deep uncertainty and fear, most of all toward itself. for diseases, and fault lines for earthquakes. It is clear that, humanity will transform again in the future: perhaps they will reach discoveries we cannot even imagine today.
It is understood by now that transformation is one of the natural processes in nature. The real issue is not to resist this transformation, but to welcome it with curiosity, to not give up on questioning, and to stand before the unknown not with fear, but with thought.
These feelings turned into a rebellion. In later times, despite the social risks of the period, people asked questions about the subjects explained as supernatural powers. They questioned, observed, and researched... This attitude was the first sprouts of the scientific way of thinking.
With developing and changing times, many years later, this way of thinking acquired a structure. Hypotheses came into play: more comprehensive experiments were conducted, and measurements were listed. Newton discovered mathematical laws through the effect of nature, Bacon advocated the experimental approach, and Galileo invented the telescope. Under the Sun, he once examined, right now, many things they laid the foundations for had metamorphosed, but were continuing their process.
Today, many things— starting with ourselves— have transformed and continue to transform. We can now call the cause of lightning electrical discharge, microorganisms